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Virginia Overtime Wage Act: A Handy Guide to Overtime Protections for Virginia Employees

Virginia Overtime Wage Act: A Handy Guide to Overtime Protections for Virginia Employees

The Virginia Overtime Wage Act (“VOWA”) requires employers to pay covered employees overtime compensation. In some ways, the VOWA is similar to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In other ways, including the calculation...
•December 20, 2021•
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metro: Application of the FLSA to State and Local Governments

In Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. Transit Auth., 469 U.S. 528, 105 S. Ct. 1005 (1985), the Supreme Court held that Congress had power under the Commerce Clause to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act to a municipal...
•November 27, 2021•
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Virginia Anti-Blacklisting Law and Tortious Interference Claims: Protections for Former Employees Seeking New Employment

Virginia’s Anti-Blacklisting Law, VA Code § 40.1-27, generally prohibits employers from willfully or maliciously preventing or attempting to prevent a former employee from obtaining new employment. While the statute does not describe a private cause of action, the...
•November 13, 2021•
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Virginia Medicinal Cannabis Oil Employment Law: Employment Protections for Medicinal Use

Virginia’s Medicinal Cannabis Oil Employment Law (MCOEL), VA Code § 40.1-27.4, generally prohibits employers from disciplining employees for engaging in lawful medicinal use of cannabis oil. The law, however, contains several exceptions that allow employers to terminate or...
•October 19, 2021•
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Perez v. Mortgage Bankers: DOL Powers and Overtime Protections for Mortgage Loan Officers

In Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass’n, 575 U.S. 92, 135 S. Ct. 1199 (2015), the Supreme Court held that an agency, like the Department of Labor, is not required to use notice-and-comment procedures when it wishes to issue...
•October 12, 2021•
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